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September 21, 2006 by Brad.
Advanced Micro Devices wants to help computers based on its processors to get new jobs.
The chip maker announced on Sept. 21 an expansion of its “Torrenza” initiative to spur the deployment of co-processors for systems using its chips. Torrenza’s second step will make it possible for co-processors to plug directly into the socket.
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September 21, 2006 by Brad.
Unbelievable this chip is twice as fast as Quad core Kentsfield when have 2 of them on the same motherboard for an octal-core behemoth.
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September 21, 2006 by Brad.
The killer is creeping up behind his victim in the empty house. She doesn’t know he’s there, as she’s engrossed in the book she’s reading. He lurks behind the doorway of the room and there’s an eery silence as he waits to attack…
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September 21, 2006 by Brad.
Many people now carry some form of electronic device, such as a cell phone, or the ever popular iPod and these devices use rechargeable lithium based batteries that are extremely expensive to replace.
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September 21, 2006 by Brad.
Carl Morland, Henry Hallam and Robert Fryers attached the tiny camera to a helium balloon, which flew to nearly four times the height of Everest. Throughout the flight it took images which show the curvature of the earth. The flight lasted about three hours, producing more than 800 images
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September 21, 2006 by Brad.
Between the choice of AMD’s AM2 or it’s old socket 939 chip, which would you choose? Here’s an article that sums up the differences between the two and what you can expect from choosing one over the other.
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September 21, 2006 by Brad.
ntel is expected by the end of this month to officially name its Kentsfield quad-core desktop processor as the “Core 2 Quadro,” with the first model to be an Extreme version, the Core 2 Extreme QX6700, which will be available starting in mid-November
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September 21, 2006 by Brad.
Very good review highlighting the image quality differences between this card and ATi’s x1900XT. This passively cooled card overclocks to very impressive speeds, but ultimately falls short of the value offered by the ATi x1900xt options.
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September 21, 2006 by Brad.
From ExtremeTech: “ReadyBoost is Vista’s capability to extend the disk cache to USB flash devices. But not all flash devices are ReadyBoost capable. We grab nine high-capacity USB keys and see which ones work.”
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September 21, 2006 by Brad.
Warner Bros. has filed a patent application for a single disc that can store regular DVD, HD DVD and Blu-ray content. “Multiple formats of DVD discs create retail and consumer confusion as to which format(s) to acquire or buy,” the firm’s patent document stated.
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